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Scientists suggest spacetime has no time dimension

(PhysOrg.com) -- The concept of time as a way to measure the duration of events is not only deeply intuitive, it also plays an important role in our mathematical descriptions of physical systems. For instance, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (50) | comments 510 | with audio podcast report




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New technology speeds up DNA 'rewriting' and measures the effects of the changes in living cells

Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new Weizmann ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoscale protein containers could aid drug, vaccine delivery

UCLA biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel holographic antenna designs and uses

Holographic antennas first studied around 40 years ago are again a hot topic given the potential of holographic images for a variety of applications. EU researchers developed novel prototype devices based ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find first Prehistoric Iberian twins

Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have discovered the remains of newborn twin girls in the archaeological site of Olèrdola in Barcelona. They date back to between the middle ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers conclude that climate change led to collapse of ancient Indus civilization

A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

Physicists devise method for building artificial tissue

New York University physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.

Physics / General Physics

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nasdaq caused $35 mn loss in Facebook IPO: broker

A New York broker has asked Nasdaq to compensate it for up to $35 million in losses on the Facebook initial public offering due to the market's computer problems on the first day of trade.

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

A new optical microscopy approach opens the door to better observations in molecular biology

Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS have set up a new optical microscopy approach that combines two recent imaging techniques in order to visualize molecular assemblies without affecting their biological ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IPhone to get larger screen: A report to take with a grain of salt?

Apple has begun preparing to launch an iPhone with a larger screen than its previous models, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (19) | comments 13

Legislation to ban burqa is liberal overkill, UK researchers claim

Banning and criminalising the Muslim face veil tests the very foundations of modern liberal society, warn researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Sussex.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 132


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